loins

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lɔɪnz/
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Rhymes: -ɔɪnz

Noun

loins

plural of loin

Noun

loins pl (plural only)

(biblical, euphemistic) The pubic region.
1. The reproductive organs.
  - 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Kings 8:19, column 1:
    Neuertheleſſe, thou ſhalt not build the houſe, but thy ſonne that ſhall come foorth out of thy loynes, hee ſhall build the house vnto my Name.

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Translations

the lower abdomen, groin and genitalia

Arabic: صُلْب (ṣulb), حَقْو (ḥaqw), قَطَن (qaṭan)
Dutch: lenden (nl) f pl (archaic also lendenen) pl, schaamstreek (nl) f
French: lombes (fr) m pl, reins (fr) m pl
German: Leistenbereich m
Ingrian: sivut
Italian: reni (it)
Russian: поясни́ца (ru) f (pojasníca), чре́сла (ru) n pl (črésla)
Spanish: entrañas (es) f pl (i.e. womb, guts, non-sexual), vergüenzas (es) f pl (sexual, euphemistic)
Welsh: llwyn (cy) m or f
Yiddish: לענדן f pl (lendn)

Anagrams

Lions, Solin, linos, lions, losin', noils

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